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Abstract
Cactus spines produce injuries whose clinical significance is loosely in inverse proportion
to the dimensions of the spine. Long and medium spines of saguaro and barrel cacti
seldom result in embedded fragments, but when they do they are difficult to locate
and remove. Other medium spines, those of prickly pear and cholla, are a nuisance
but they can be removed readily by traction, as can the smaller spines (glochids)
of the prickly pear. The very small spines (also glochids) of the polka dot or bunny's
ear cactus (Opuntia microdasys) and the beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) offer the most frustrating problem of all, but can be peeled off with a dried film
of a professional facial gel.
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
October 20,
1987
Received:
September 29,
1987
Footnotes
☆Supported by a grant from the Half-s Fund.
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© 1988 Published by Elsevier Inc.
